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Origins Retreat

ORIGINS: A BODY MIND THERAPY RETREAT

With Simone Moir
Co-Presented by BigTreeMind

August 26- September 2, 2017
Ikaria, Greece

Join us on a retreat to the island of Ikaria, Greece and explore the somatic origins of who you are. Simone Moir will share with you her unique integration of Yoga therapeutics, Buddhist retreat practice and Gestalt psychotherapy to help you rediscover the support of your own body as you move through the world. In this healing retreat, we explore the movement patterns that shaped us since the first year of our lives.

Through various sessions grounded in her body-mind approach, you will explore authentic answers for:

How you feel about yourself

Who you are attracted to and how you respond to them

How others impact and influence you

What you need from others to feel supported and satisfied

What situations motivate you and which you avoid

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By becoming familiar with these basic movement patterns in your own body you will learn more about your habitual sensory reactions and find new ways of responding. This is an interdisciplinary retreat, combining sessions in mindfulness meditation, yoga and gestalt therapy to drop beneath your story about yourself to shift stuck patterns of relating – in a safe, supported environment with like-minded individuals on a similar journey.

"Simone's background in art practice, Buddhist psychology and Yoga is a rare and important blend. Combining Yoga wisdom and body practice with the stillness of guided meditation and the precision of Buddhist psychology, Simone has a gifted ability of juxtaposing different systems without oversimplifying any of them. As a teacher this is a rare gift – one that allows a range of perspectives so that anyone working with Simone can expect her to attend to you with many tools and a lot of patience." — Michael Stone, Zen Buddhist teacher, Yoga Instructor and Author

On this retreat you may:

Deepen your sensory awareness

Increase your capacity for being present

Connect with intuitive body-based knowing

Bring clarity to your choices and decision-making

Communicate with greater authenticity

Learn to create and sustain intimacy

Open to new ways of relating with yourself, others and the environment

But it won’t be all hard work! Sessions are conducted in a studio facing the Aegean sea. With direct access to the beaches, food and culture of the Island, there will also be time for socializing, exploring, and relaxing on island-time.

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Ikaria is world renowned for the long and healthy lives of the locals. Researchers suggest that the keys to an Ikarian long life may well be natural body movement, a sense of meaning and life purpose, good sources of organic food, napping and community engagement such as the Panagiria festivities where food, wine and dancing the Ikariotikos continues until dawn.

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This ideal location offers a nourishing environment to quiet the noise of busyness and mental chatter, awaken your sense perceptions and take a real look at yourself. The retreat program is packed with resources to support you in taking a leap towards the way you really want to feel. You will leave this retreat with a rich groundwork in practices to sustain change in your life.

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What A Day Looks Like

Here is a sample daily schedule for Sunday August 27, 2017. Please note the schedule will fluctuate slightly throughout the week to take advantage of the environment and cultural activities participants may want to explore. There will be some optional additional sessions in the evening on some nights and some mornings free.